Dalibor Svrcina and Yusuke Takahashi will square off in the 2^nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.39
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.84

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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Yusuke Takahashi

There is no head to head record between Dalibor Svrcina and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dalibor Svrcina

Ranked no. 312, Dalibor reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-2 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, Svrcina had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (6-2 7-6²). During the match, Svrcina scored 77 points vs Lamasine’s 58. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Svrcina recorded 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Svrcina broke Lamasine 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Svrcina has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (138-112). 7-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Svrcina has a composed39-34 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Dalibor’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.

The Czech has a composed 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 516, the Japanese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Linang Xiao 6-3 6-2, Alafia Ayeni 6-3 6-3 and Marc Polmans 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Polmans (7-5 6-3). During the match Takahashi scored 81 points vs Polmans’s 66. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Takahashi managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 63% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Yusuke broke Polmans 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Takahashi has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Svrcina	Takahashi
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	21	56
Pts	77-58	206-148
Total Points	135	354
Winners	28	78
%Winners	36%	38%

Svrcina played 1 match while Takahashi competed in 3 matches. Takahashi started his run from the qualifications while Svrcina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Svrcina has played 4 set(s) less than Takahashi (2 vs 6). Therefore, Svrcina played 35 games less than Takahashi. The Czech scored 28 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Yusuke made 78 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svrcina	Takahashi
Aces	2	21
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	39/70	97/161
%1st in	56%	60%
1st pts	28/39	78/97
%1st pts	72%	80%
2nd pts	15/31	40/64
%2nd pts	48%	63%

Svrcina fired 2 aces . Takahashi scored 21 aces (7 per match). Svrcina won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Svrcina	Takahashi
Won	4	10
Converted	4/9	10/29
% Converted	44%	34%
Conceded	5	10
Saved	3	9
% Saved	60%	90%
Times Broken	2	1

Dalibor broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Yusuke conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Svrcina
	R1 Lamasine	Total
Score	6-2 7-62
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	77-58	77-58
Total points	135	135
Winners	28	28
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	39/70	39/70
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	28/39	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	15/31	15/31
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Takahashi
	Q1 Xiao	Q3 Ayeni	R1 Polmans	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-3	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	18	21	56
pts	65-38	60-44	81-66	206-148
Total points	103	104	147	354
Winners	25	24	29	78
%Winners	38%	40%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	8	0	13	21
Double Faults	1	2	3	6
1st in	27/45	35/60	35/56	97/161
% 1st in	60%	58%	63%	60%
1st pts	25/27	24/35	29/35	78/97
% 1st pts	93%	69%	83%	80%
2nd pts	12/18	18/25	10/21	40/64
% 2nd pts	67%	72%	48%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/11	3/4	4/14	10/29
Converted %	27%	75%	29%	34%
Conceded	2	5	3	10
Saved	2/2	5/5	2/3	9
Saved %	100%	100%	67%	267%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger

• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Egor AgafonovAgafonov (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Yibing WuWu (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Sheng TangTang – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (4-6 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Lukas PokornyPokorny (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Yi ZhouZhou (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Philip HenningHenning (4-6 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-7(5) 6-0) – See score progression
• Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yan BaiBai – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jie CuiCui – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sheng TangTang – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction